Monsoon 2020 picture: Bridge collapsed right into a stream after heavy rain in Jammu
A portion of a bridge in Jammu collapsed right into a rivulet after extraordinarily heavy rain within the area on Wednesday. The sturdy currents of a swollen rivulet broke away half of the bridge. In a video, the huge concrete block will be seen dragged away by the overflowing stream. One particular person died in heavy rain Jammu for the second consecutive day, information company Press Trust of India quoted officers as saying. Several ‘kutcha’ homes (mud huts) have been washed away on the outskirts of Jammu because the water degree within the Tawi river and different streams elevated.
The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been battered by heavy rain in the previous couple of days. Landslides, flash floods and waterlogging have thrown life out of drugs. Four individuals who had gone to the upper slopes in Reasi to graze cattle, on Monday, died after a large landslide crushed them.
#WATCH Jammu and Kashmir: A portion of a bridge in Jammu’s Gadigarh space collapses, following heavy rainfall within the area. pic.twitter.com/MPwTGefF8D
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The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway remained closed for the second day on Wednesday as heavy rain triggered recent landslides at a number of places in Ramban district. Road transport has been severely hampered since Monday.
The freeway, the one all-weather street linking Kashmir with the remainder of the nation, was closed for site visitors early Tuesday after a large landslide badly broken a portion of the street leaving 1000’s of automobiles, largely vans, stranded on the both aspect.
Jammu and Kashmir: four folks have been killed in a landslide in Reasi district on Monday
Senior police officer, Ajay Anand, instructed information company Press Trust of India that the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is working to make the street motorable once more. Restoration work is being hampered resulting from steady landslips and boulders rolling down the mountain slopes.
“The men and machines are on the job to clear the road despite inclement weather but there is very little chance of traffic resuming today,” Mr Anand stated. According to the climate workplace, reasonable rainfall is predicted until tomorrow in most elements of Jammu and Kashmir.
(Inputs from ANI & PTI)